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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Ming Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chengelpet V. Ramesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Ming Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chengelpet V. Ramesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes tracking at a network device in communication with a plurality of virtual machines, virtual machine movement based on a device identifier in a packet received from one of the virtual machines and storing location information for the virtual machine in a virtual machine move list at the network device. The location information from the virtual machine move list is inserted into a forwarding information base for use in optimized forwarding of packets destined for the virtual machine. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.